Georgetown, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Electoral Commission of Guyana (GECOM), Claudette Singh, requested the presence of a high-level team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to count the votes of the May 2 elections.
According to Caricom Today daily, Singh wrote to the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Irwin LaRocque to make the request.
Singh sent a letter to the agency's Secretariat headquartered in Guyana, not to monitor the count as previously approved, but to validate the process, said the daily.
CARICOM announced on March 18, the withdrawal of a first independent High-Level Team of observers of the electoral process in Guyana.
On its official website, CARICOM deeply regretted having been forced to withdraw the team that participated in the ballots' counting of the March 2 elections, and expresses that there are forces in that country that for any reason do not want to see the votes counted.
In its explanatory statement, the regional body reports that it sent the team of observers on March 14 at the request of President David Granger, in agreement with the opposition leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, to supervise the counting of votes in Region Four.
However, on March 17, a court issued a court order annulling 'any deal between Guyana's President and the Leader of the Opposition and/or any deal between the Electoral Commission of Guyana and the Caribbean Community,' reports the CARICOM.
The country is in the midst of a crisis due to the paralysis of ballots' counting and the adjudication of the electoral victory by the country's two main political forces: the Progressive People's Party (PPP), with Irfaan Ali in charge, and An Association to the National Unit + Alliance for Change (UNPA + AFC) coalition, led by President David Granger.
Singh sent a letter to the agency's Secretariat headquartered in Guyana, not to monitor the count as previously approved, but to validate the process, said the daily.
CARICOM announced on March 18, the withdrawal of a first independent High-Level Team of observers of the electoral process in Guyana.
On its official website, CARICOM deeply regretted having been forced to withdraw the team that participated in the ballots' counting of the March 2 elections, and expresses that there are forces in that country that for any reason do not want to see the votes counted.
In its explanatory statement, the regional body reports that it sent the team of observers on March 14 at the request of President David Granger, in agreement with the opposition leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, to supervise the counting of votes in Region Four.
However, on March 17, a court issued a court order annulling 'any deal between Guyana's President and the Leader of the Opposition and/or any deal between the Electoral Commission of Guyana and the Caribbean Community,' reports the CARICOM.
The country is in the midst of a crisis due to the paralysis of ballots' counting and the adjudication of the electoral victory by the country's two main political forces: the Progressive People's Party (PPP), with Irfaan Ali in charge, and An Association to the National Unit + Alliance for Change (UNPA + AFC) coalition, led by President David Granger.
